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  1. Shocked by What Nursing Really Is!!

    As an ICU nurse, I get to spend more time interacting with my patients... that being said, for a task which takes 5 minutes, I spend about that much time charting said action after I'm done...
  2. Suction

    Depends on what you're suctioning... is a trach or ETT in place... or are you referring to some other type of
  3. Muslim Nurses Administering Haram Medications

    For the most part, I agree with this statement. I will, however, disagree with your contention that nursing may "not be for you." I don't see where the OP is trying to convert the masses to Islam, I...
  4. Muslim Nurses Administering Haram Medications

    I'm with you on this. Also a vegetarian. I probably wouldn't personally accept something like a porcine valve, but I take care of patients with them all the
  5. Quick question... IV protonix

    I'm not entirely sure either, but injection site reaction comes to mind. Protonix is a PPI, not a pro-kinetic drug like Reglan, so things like dystonia wouldn't be a common
  6. Couple questions about nipride

    True, we don't know if she exhibited an "O" or a "Q" sign or not. Let's get back to the point of the question and stay on task... I agree that nipride (and esmolol) are crude drugs and should be...
  7. Couple questions about nipride

    :yeahthat: Sometimes, you just have to say
  8. Prostate Surgery

    My dad had this surgery a couple of years ago. He also had a cath for a couple of weeks. He did have some problems with incontinence after the cath came out, so he wore pads for awhile. He no...
  9. Mandatory Flu shots

    I just got my regular flu shot today. I'll be one of the first in line to get the H1N1 when it's
  10. H5N1, Bird Flu Updates

    Our Biocontainment Unit has been preparing for H5N1 for 6 years now. Let's hope that the two viruses don't combine RNA!
  11. Medication Incompatibilities with Sodium Bicarb

    A lot of the older nurses I work with will not run anything with a bicarb gtt. However, after speaking with pharmacy and running drug compatabilities, I have actually found that a few drugs can go...
  12. DNR question

    I agree with the OP's actions. At my hospital a DNR is simply a DNR. If a patient/family doesn't want pressors, intubation, shocks, etc, there is a difference. We use a DNAR form that has check...
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  14. 5 occasions where IV therapy needs two checker?

    The only thing we double check are blood products and PCA syringes (on my floor, not sure about other specialty
  15. Q about hospital issue scrub pants

    I completely agree... that being said, there are some religions which require women to wear skirts. I know an x-ray tech who wears them for religious
  16. H1N1 !

    Don't forget that you can get GB from the virus itself, not just the
  17. SLED (Sustained Low Efficiency Dialysis)

    SCUF just removes fluid and SLED removes wastes and
  18. Ativan...ETOH History...7mg IV last night? Too much?

    I don't know if you guys use the WAS protocol at all, but I've had patients where I'm giving 12 mg every hour. Keep in mind that these patients are usually on the vent. However, I have even given...
  19. Is Texting legal

    One of our burn docs texts burn orders to the nurse's company e-mail address after the nurse sends a page to her Blackberry. It seems to work out very well for the burn unit, and the company e-mail...
  20. What is the difference between Lortab and Vicodin

    The active ingredients in these meds are hydrocodone and acetaminophen. They may vary such as 5 mg hydrocodone/500 mg acetaminophen or 7.5/500, etc......
  21. What is the difference between Lortab and Vicodin

    They are the same
  22. Bumper stickers you'd like to see...

    I actually have a similar sticker on my car "Emergency Workers: Here to save your @$$, not kiss
  23. Favorites...

    Um, do you work on my unit? I think this is a global type of
  24. More Vaccine News

    And your point is? The H1N1 virus has been around since at least 1976 and I do not doubt that big pharma has anticipated an outbreak of swine flu just as they have been anticipating an outbreak of...
  25. Need tips / ideas for precepting

    I have also oriented a student for her 10 weeks before. It was my first time doing any sort of precepting and it was a learning experience for both of us. I would always ask her what her...